PRACTICE GUIDE ALL OPTIONS
All Options Sequences Practice Test
Outcry’s All Options sequences practice section has 26 questions in 5 minutes. These numbers describe the linked mock; the source check below distinguishes published details from practice settings.
80 arithmetic questions in 8 minutes and 26 sequences in 5 minutes are Outcry settings. Do not treat them as a confirmed live All Options format.
Outcry is not affiliated with All Options and has no access to their assessment content. This guide describes an assessment format that candidates report publicly; the questions here are generated by Outcry and are not All Options’s own.
What it screens
An Amsterdam equity derivatives market maker with a desk in Austin, Texas.
- ✓First and second differences, ratios, and alternating patterns
- ✓Interleaved sequences (two rules taking turns)
- ✓Squares, cubes, primes and factorials recognised on sight
- ✓Committing to an answer with seconds left
Where it sits at All Options
The reviewed careers material establishes the trading role, but no current official 80-in-8 plus sequences specification was verified.
Practice stage: Trading skills practice · round unconfirmed. 80 arithmetic questions in 8 minutes and 26 sequences in 5 minutes are Outcry settings. Do not treat them as a confirmed live All Options format.
The format
These are the settings used by Outcry’s All Options practice sitting. They are not automatically the employer’s published format; see the linked assessment’s source check.
| Questions | 26 |
|---|---|
| Time | 5 minutes |
| Per question | 12 seconds |
| Negative marking | No |
| Answer style | Typed numeric answer, no calculator |
| Where it sits | Trading skills practice · round unconfirmed |
What it tests, with a worked example
Every example below is generated by Outcry, drawn from the same question generators the timed drills run. None of them is All Options’s.
Arithmetic and geometric runs
A constant difference or a constant ratio, sometimes with the first term chosen to hide it.
Example 1
5, 50, 9, 33, 13, ?
Answer 16
Interleaved sequences: odd positions rise slowly from near zero, evens drop rapidly.
Example 2
2, 93, 4, 77, 6, ?
Answer 61
Interleaved sequences: odd positions rise slowly from near zero, evens drop rapidly.
Example 3
3, 75, 8, 58, 13, ?
Answer 41
Interleaved sequences: odd positions rise slowly from near zero, evens drop rapidly.
Operation chains
Each term built from the last by a repeating operation cycle rather than one rule.
Example 1
11, 13, 17, 19, 23, ? What comes next?
Answer 29
Consecutive primes from 11. After 23 comes 29.
Example 2
1, 8, 27, 64, 125, ? What comes next?
Answer 216
Cubes from 1³. Next is 6³ = 216.
Example 3
4, 8, 12, 16, 20, ? What comes next?
Answer 24
Twice the last minus the one before: 2 × 20 - 16 = 24.
Committing under time
A sequence you cannot crack is a skip, not a guess, wherever the paper marks negatively.
Ratio runs that are not geometric
Terms whose ratios themselves move, which reads as geometric until the third term breaks it.
Example 1
34, 37, 40, 43, 46, ? What comes next?
Answer 49
Each term adds 3, so 46 + 3 = 49.
Example 2
9, 24, 54, 114, 234, ? What comes next?
Answer 474
Double and add 6: 234 × 2 + 6 = 474.
Example 3
10, 25, 55, 115, 235, ? What comes next?
Answer 475
Double and add 5: 235 × 2 + 5 = 475.
Position-dependent rules
The rule uses the index rather than the previous term, so differences never settle.
Example 1
What comes next: 5, 10, 30, 120, 600, ?
Answer 3600
The multiplier grows: ×2, ×3, ×4, ×5, so next is ×6: 600 × 6 = 3600.
Example 2
How many numbers from 1 to 150 are divisible by 3 or by 5?
Answer 70
50 multiples of 3, 30 of 5, and 10 counted twice as multiples of 15: 50 + 30 − 10 = 70.
Example 3
What comes next: 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, ?
Answer 216
Cubes from 1: next is 6³ = 216.
Sequences with a planted decoy
An opening that fits two rules, where the fourth term is what decides between them.
Example 1
4, 14, 54, 214, 854, 3414, ?
Answer 13654
Each term is 4 times the last, minus 2. 4 × 3414 − 2 = 13654.
Example 2
6, 3, 18, 9, 54, 27, ?
Answer 162
Two sequences interleaved, both multiplying by 3. Positions 1, 3 and 5 run 6, 18, 54, so the next is 162.
Example 3
34, 38, 46, 58, 62, 74, ?
Answer 82
These are twice each prime, starting at 17. The gaps do not settle, which is the hint. The next prime after 37 is 41, so the answer is 82.
What a good score looks like
Use this mock’s score and worked review to identify skills to practise. No Outcry score guarantees a pass or a hiring outcome; a current employer threshold for this practice paper has not been verified.
How to train for it
- 01Learn to take first and second differences automatically, before trying anything cleverer. It resolves most items on its own.
- 02Memorise the small squares, cubes, primes and factorials to sight-recognition. Deriving them is what costs the time.
- 03Give yourself a fixed budget per item and abandon at it. One sequence you refuse to let go of costs more than the three you never reach.
TRAIN IT HERE
The drills that match each section
Sequence Sprint
Timed next-term sequences, exactly the assessment format.
Arithmetic Drill
The raw calculation speed that sequence tests assume you already have.
SIT THE FULL BATTERY
All the sections back to back on one clock, marked the way the real screen marks them, with a by-skill breakdown at the end. Included with any pass.
Also reported at All Options
Common questions
- Is this All Options’s official sequences test?
- No. Outcry generates its own questions. The reviewed careers material establishes the trading role, but no current official 80-in-8 plus sequences specification was verified. 80 arithmetic questions in 8 minutes and 26 sequences in 5 minutes are Outcry settings. Do not treat them as a confirmed live All Options format.
- How long is this sequences practice section?
- 26 questions in 5 minutes in the Outcry mock. These are practice settings unless the source check explicitly confirms them.
- How is the practice marked?
- Correct answers earn 1 mark unless the question states another weight. Wrong answers lose 0; unanswered items lose 0, including timeouts. These rules apply to this mock.
- Where can I check the employer’s process?
- See the public source check on the linked assessment. Your role-specific invitation governs the actual format, permitted tools and scoring.